Daily Report

Birthdays

Adele Cutts Douglas, detail
Adele Cutts Douglas
1835—1899
Turns 21 on this date
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Hinton Rowan Helper, detail
Hinton Rowan Helper
1829—1909
Turns 27 on this date
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C. C. Vaughn, detail
C. C. Vaughn
1846—1925
Turns 10 on this date
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Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available
John Penn Brock
1823—1881
Turns 33 on this date
Robert Latimer McCook, photograph, detail
Robert Latimer McCook
1827—1862
Turns 29 on this date
James Clay Rice, detail
James Clay Rice
1828—1864
Turns 28 on this date

Events

Lawmaking/Litigating The second regular session of the 34th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December and early March 12/02/1856—03/02/1857

Documents
Newspaper Louisville (KY) Journal, "The Case of Dred Scott," December 27, 1856 12/27/1856